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English
[edit]![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Nodes2.svg/220px-Nodes2.svg.png)
Etymology
[edit]FromMiddle Englishnode,borrowed fromLatinnōdus.Doubletofknot,knout,andnodus.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation)IPA(key):/nəʊd/
- (General American)IPA(key):/noʊd/
Audio(Southern England): (file) - Rhymes:-əʊd
Noun
[edit]node(pluralnodes)
- Aknot,knob,protuberanceorswelling.
- (astronomy)The point where theorbitof aplanet,as viewed from theSun,intersects theecliptic.Theascendinganddescendingnodes refer respectively to thepointswhere the planet moves from South to North and N to S; their respective symbols are☊and☋.
- (botany)Aleaf node.
- (networking)Acomputeror other device attached to anetwork.
- (engineering)The point at which the lines of afunicularmachine meet from different angular directions.
- Synonym:knot
- (geometry)Thepointat which acurvecrossesitself, being adouble pointof the curve. Seecrunodeandacnode.
- (geometry)A similar point on asurface,where there is more than one tangent-plane.
- (graph theory)Avertexor aleafin agraphof anetwork,or other element in adata structure.
- (medicine)A hardconcretionorincrustationwhich forms upon bones attacked withrheumatism,gout,orsyphilis;sometimes also, a swelling in the neighborhood of a joint.
- (physics)A point along astanding wavewhere the wave has minimalamplitude.
- (rare)The knot,intrigue,orplotof a dramatic work.
- (technical)A hole in thegnomonof asundial,through which passes the ray of light which marks the hour of the day, theparallelsof the Sun'sdeclination,his place in theecliptic,etc.
- (computational linguistics)Thewordof interest in aKWIC,surrounded by left and rightcotexts.
- (electronics)A region of anelectriccircuitconnected only by (ideal)wires(i.e thevoltagebetween any two points on the same node must be zero).
Synonyms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]- acnode
- antinode
- anti-node
- ascending node
- AV node
- Cloquet's node
- crunode
- descending node
- end-node
- exit node
- hardware node
- Heberden's node
- leaf-node
- lymphatic node
- lymph node
- node of Ranvier
- node of Rouvière
- node-voltage analysis
- Osler node
- Ranvier's node
- SA node
- S-A node
- sinoatrial node
- sinus node
- stem node
- tacnode
- tidal node
- Virchow's node
Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- →Irish:nód
Translations
[edit]knot, knob, protuberance or swelling
astronomy: where the orbit of a planet intersects the ecliptic
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joint of a plant stem
computer attached to a network
engineering: point at which the lines of a funicular meet
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geometry: point at which a curve crosses itself
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vertex of a graph of a network
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physics: point along a standing wave
knot, intrigue, or plot of a dramatic work
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See also
[edit]References
[edit]Anagrams
[edit]Catalan
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]nodef(pluralnodes)
Danish
[edit]Noun
[edit]nodec(singular definitenoden,plural indefinitenoder)
Dutch
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Audio: (file)
Noun
[edit]node
Japanese
[edit]Romanization
[edit]node
Latin
[edit]Noun
[edit]nōde
Middle English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed fromLatinnōdus.Doubletofknotte.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]node(pluralnodez)
Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- “nōde,n.”,inMED Online,Ann Arbor, Mich.:University of Michigan,2007,retrieved2018-04-23.
Norwegian Nynorsk
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]FromLatinnodus(“knot”).Akin toEnglishnode.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]nodem(definite singularnoden,indefinite pluralnodar,definite pluralnodane)
- anode
Etymology 2
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Noun
[edit]noden(definite singularnodet,indefinite pluralnode,definite pluralnoda)
- Synonym ofnyste
Etymology 3
[edit]Verb
[edit]node(present tensenoder,past tensenodde,past participlenodt/nodd,passive infinitivenodast,present participlenodande,imperativenod)
- Synonym ofneia
References
[edit]- “node”inThe Nynorsk Dictionary.
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